International Admissions (UK)

ukbound2014
Thu, 21 Jun 2012 02:43:38 +0000

I am going into Junior year of high school and will be part of the IB Diploma program after completing two years of the MYPIB program in the 9th and 10th grades. Overall so far my grades haven’t been great, weighted GPA: 3.55, with 4 c’s (2 in French, 1 in Chem, 1 in PreCalc) so far on my transcript. I am retaking both chemistry and precalc over the summer so that even if the grades dont get replaced the colleges will see the two different transcripts. I am also taking AP BIO over the summer.

I really would like to go to one of the following colleges in the UK, majoring in Economics.

Bristol University
University of Bath
London Business School
Imperial College of London
Durham University

I was wondering on what I should be taking courses and SAT/ACT’s wise.

Currently I am planning on taking these tests. . .

PSAT

SAT I

ACT

AP:
Bio
Calc

IB:
Economics (SL - school doesn’t offer HL)
Math II (SL)
French (SL)
Bio (HL)
History of the America’s (HL)
English (HL)

SAT II’s
Math 1
Math 2
Chem
Bio

I know that UK schools accept the IB Diploma and if that isn’t there they want a minimum of 3 AP tests scoring a 5. I wasn’t sure what else would be needed to help me with my process since I don’t know the procedure for UK admissions. Also do I need to take all these tests? And how much will my low GPA freshman and sophomore year effect my chances? And how will my four c’s effect me?

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